tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626689264492600364.post4636649579245025554..comments2023-11-03T05:20:57.304-07:00Comments on A Not So Very Ordinary Girl or Name: How far have we come?Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07492137849201811580noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626689264492600364.post-42901996590069878462011-04-07T13:49:45.656-07:002011-04-07T13:49:45.656-07:00What the people of the world need to realize is th...What the people of the world need to realize is that we all share the same root. Our human origin started in the Rift Valleys of Africa.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626689264492600364.post-56067181187461695932009-12-29T11:02:03.631-08:002009-12-29T11:02:03.631-08:00.but they are the answers for all---even the unedu....but they are the answers for all---even the uneducated and judgmental...how else will their eyes be opened?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.makemysite.in" rel="nofollow"> How to make a website </a>kanishkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13651620533023202224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626689264492600364.post-74060518726899410232009-11-19T21:15:50.809-08:002009-11-19T21:15:50.809-08:00Just catching up with some bloggers I haven't ...Just catching up with some bloggers I haven't visited in a while and glad I came. I find the same problem here in Merseyside. Most folk are not racist but occasionally I am just so totally shocked by comments I hear. And what shocks me even more is when a comment is made and folk around can't challenge it because they know that people who make racist remarks are also people who are most likely to resort to violence. Hardly a coincidence is it.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626689264492600364.post-24718859671262909982009-10-10T15:59:04.360-07:002009-10-10T15:59:04.360-07:00I am constantly bewildered and befuddled at the ig...I am constantly bewildered and befuddled at the ignorance and downright backward mentality of the people that populate the town where we are from. Someone who I respect IMMENSELY, and quite possibly have thought that I respected the MOST in the whole world made a comment a few weeks ago when we walked by a giant portrait of our President in a hospital. I inwardly cringed, but knew that he never chose to try and see it from a larger perspective and he was still acting out in the same way those before him and those who taught him acted out....which is still completely wrong. Anyway, it is very, very sad, and with that in mind...I am going to go on a date with a gentleman of African descent in the near future: )<br />He is a really nice guy. Hmmm..imagine THAT!TheLandofLyndshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696240529558988331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626689264492600364.post-47382006495340360452009-09-23T14:25:24.028-07:002009-09-23T14:25:24.028-07:00It is very interesting that at the time of your wr...It is very interesting that at the time of your writing this, I am studying Jonathan Swift's, "Gulliver's Travels" (Book 4--where he is on an island with the Houyhmhms and the Yahoos. The entire piece is a satire on human nature. (It is often perceived as a children's piece.) It is full of the folly of being judgmental. I recommend it highly, as a real eye-opener. (Speaking of education...)<br />Education, dignity, and decency, are the answers...but they are the answers for all---even the uneducated and judgmental...how else will their eyes be opened?<br />Finally: I just read another assignment, which is in World Lit...and is John Whittier's poem that praises the martyr, Toussaint L'Ouverture. It may be found at http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=l&p=c&a=p&ID=21148&c=333<br />The stanza beginning with "sleep calmly in thy dungeon tomb" is what we read and especially poignant.<br />In the meantime, until such whose eyes are shut are enlightened...we are the light carriers...and we often have to choose...do we teach gently, or do we teach by force?...It is usually the former that reaches everyone.<br />Let your candle continue to shine....Cynthia L. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13626090956828108370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3626689264492600364.post-23345859486033518442009-09-22T15:46:27.116-07:002009-09-22T15:46:27.116-07:00I'm always amazed by how silly some people are...I'm always amazed by how silly some people are about racism. I'm in an African American literature class right now and the biggest thing we're trying to decide is if race is real. Personally, I think it's made up. I mean, I'm not considered Swedish just because my skin is see-through. We only apply race to certain ethnicities. It's stupid! We made it up!M.M.E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09810117749263731836noreply@blogger.com